Quotes Worth Pondering – The Valley of Vision

“If it be consistent with thy eternal counsels,
the purpose of thy grace,
and the great ends of thy glory,
then bestow upon me the blessings of thy comforts;
If not, let me resign myself to thy wiser determinations.”

“O Lord, I am astonished at the difference between my receivings and my deservings;
between the state I am now in and my past gracelessness,
between the heaven I am bound for and the hell I merit.”